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Financing Activities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Financing Activities
Financing Activities

Credit Arrangements and Short-term Debt

Talen Energy maintains credit arrangements to enhance liquidity and provide credit support. For reporting purposes, on a consolidated basis, the credit arrangements of Talen Energy Supply and its subsidiaries also apply to Talen Energy Corporation.

Revolving Credit Facilities

The following secured revolving credit facilities were in place at:
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
 
Expiration
Date
 
Capacity
 
Borrowed
 
Letters of
Credit
Issued
 
Unused
Capacity
 
Borrowed
 
Letters of Credit Issued
Talen Energy Supply RCF (a)
June 2020
 
$
1,850

 
$

 
$
157

 
$
1,693

 
$
500

 
$
163

New MACH Gen RCF (b)
July 2021
 
160

 
127

 
31

 
2

 
108

 
31

Total Credit Facilities
 
 
$
2,010


$
127


$
188


$
1,695


$
608


$
194


(a)
The facility is syndicated and provides Talen Energy Supply the ability to make revolving cash borrowings and to request the lenders to issue up to $925 million of letters of credit, which in combination cannot exceed the capacity of the facility at any given time. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings was 2.67% at December 31, 2015. The amounts borrowed are recorded as "Short-term debt" on the Balance Sheet.
(b)
The facility provides New MACH Gen the ability to make revolving cash borrowings and to request the lenders to issue up to $120 million of letters of credit, which in combination cannot exceed the capacity of the facility at any given time. The weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings was 5.14% and 5.04% at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. The amounts borrowed are recorded on the Balance Sheets as "Long-term debt" at March 31, 2016 and as "Short-term debt" at December 31, 2015. The classification as current at December 31, 2015 was based on Talen Energy's intent and ability to repay outstanding borrowings within the next year.

Other Facilities

Talen Energy Supply is party to a $500 million agreement expiring June 2017 that provides Talen Energy Supply the ability to request up to $500 million of committed unsecured letter of credit capacity at fees to be agreed upon at the time of each request, based on certain market conditions.  At March 31, 2016, Talen Energy Supply had not requested any capacity for the issuance of letters of credit under this agreement.

Talen Energy Supply is party to a $1.3 billion Amended STF Agreement that allows Talen Energy Supply to receive credit to satisfy collateral posting obligations related to Talen Energy's energy marketing and trading activities with counterparties participating in the facility. The facility became effective in December 2015 and has a five-year term ending December 2020 which automatically extends one-year on each anniversary of the effective date, subject to certain conditions. There were $87 million of secured obligations outstanding under this facility at March 31, 2016.

Long-term Debt

In December 2015, Talen Energy Supply announced an "exchange offer" for its 6.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025 that were issued in a private offering in May 2015. Pursuant to the terms of the notes, Talen Energy Supply offered to exchange all of the outstanding notes for a like principal amount of its 6.5% Senior Notes due 2025 that were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In January 2016, the exchange offer was completed with all of the notes exchanged.

In connection with the sale of Talen Ironwood Holdings, LLC, in January 2016, a Talen Ironwood Holdings, LLC subsidiary completed the redemption of $41 million of its 8.857% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 prior to the closing of the sale transaction, which occurred in February 2016. The redemption included the payment of a make whole premium of $14 million, which is recorded in "(Gain) loss on sale" on the Statement of Income and is reflected in "Cash from operating activities" on the Statement of Cash Flows. See Note 7 for additional information on the sale.